Hello my fabulous readers! So long, no post! I just got back from a wonderful vacation to the Finger Lakes in New York. It was the perfect week full of wine tasting and relaxation. Before I went on vacation, I made these chocolate chunk cookies and I just had to share the recipe with you today!
It was pretty much a no-brainer that I had to add a chocolate chip cookie recipe to the blog. They are my favorite dessert after all! I decided to make these cookies a chocolate chunk version after I had picked up these from King Arthur Flour. I have been dying to perfect this recipe and I think I nailed it!
Chocolate Chunk Cookies fresh out of the oven!
Chocolate chip cookies are taken extremely serious in Joe’s family, so obviously I used them as my taste testers! Every time I make them they get compared to Joe’s great grandma’s recipe. Ever since her passing, nobody has been able to exactly replicate her recipe. His family says that this one is the closest so far.
These cookies use the same base recipe as my M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies, but instead have chocolate chunks and walnuts in them! They are perfect just out of the oven with a glass full of milk (or maybe one of the bottles of wine I bought on vacation…….. or not). Just typing this, I wish I had one in my hand right now.
Each bite of these cookies are soft, chewy, and full of flavor. I made my cookies large by rolling up the dough in 1 1/2 inch balls on the cookie sheet. I used lots of chunks to ensure that there was plenty of chocolate in every bite! This recipe requires NO chilling, so they can be made quickly when you’re in a hurry or if you just want a cookie as fast as possible. Let’s be honest, we all want a cookie as fast as possible!
Goes together like peanut butter and jelly!
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp Corn Starch
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
- 1 1/2 sticks Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1 cup Light Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Large Egg
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Chocolate Chunks
- 1 cup Chopped Walnuts
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, salt, corn starch, and baking soda together.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla extract.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients. (I added mine in 3 separate parts). Dough will be quite thick.
- With a rubber spatula, fold in chocolate chunks and walnuts.
- Roll dough into 1 or 1.5 inch balls and place on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are slightly golden brown. The center should look a little undercooked. (This is ok, as they will firm up while cooling.)
- Place cookies on a wire rack to cool and enjoy!